Category Strategy & Budgeting:

· Execution of the category strategy and plans within nominated stores and region.

· Implements and monitors category strategy, new vendor agreements and JBPs within nominated stores and region.

· Provides commentary/insight on category performance, identifies specific action plans, opportunities and weaknesses

· Completes daily and weekly adhoc category analysis, ensures optimum stock forecasting and on shelf availability.

· Responsible for the management of brand at item level

· Completes new line templates

· Manages the ranging and deranging of SKUs and coordinates RTVs with commercial finance and merchandising

· Tracks and reports on Store level & Category performance versus budget and sell through.

· Actively drives action plans locally to deliver on targets & budgets.

· Builds and implements promotional plans for sign off by GBM

· Responsibility for local product assortment selection and attends buys where necessary for Stores and region.

· Acts as a brand expert for the store and region.

· Regular RSP checks with local market

Communication & Relationship Management:

· Maintains positive local vendor relationships.

· Signs off space plans

· Delivers new vendor openings and changes in store locations.

· Manages and oversees furniture refits.

· Briefs store teams for all changes and promotional activities.

· Audits the execution of buying store briefs and agreed promotional/price activity with store management teams and proposes solutions.

· Liaises with local marketing teams on POS via completion of GLAMS templates

· Negotiates commercial agreements with local suppliers (within agreed parameters) and raises corresponding rebates.

· Resolves pricing issues on blocked invoices.

· Arranges product training to ensure awareness on newness/new brands introduced into the business.

· Identifies opportunities for local products and nominates to Global Buying Manager to ensure sense of place.

· Has an excellent collaborative working relationship with all functions to ensure budget delivery of sales, profit, optimum sell-thru and customer experience, whilst being the immediate point of contact for local operations teams.

· Ensures sign off of any margin diluting activity.

Ensures local & regional compliance to SLAs and all agreed negotiations.